A new version of ArduPilot Mega autopilot has been released - the result of over a year of work by the DIYdrones developers. This new ardupilot mega board pushes the limits of Arduino and is smaller than the previous ArduPilot mega UAV board. This is a tipple core autopilot featuring new improved sensors like the latest Invensense 6DOF MPU-6000 chipRead more for more information on the new APM v2 UAV board.

Main Features

The key feature is a smaller footprint, using a 4layer pcb the Ardupilot Mega v2 board is about 6.6cm x 4.0cm

Three processors--a triple-core autopilot!

All new state-of-the-art sensors; the first autopilot to use the Invensense 6DoF MPU-6000

When using the internal sensor fusion processor of the MPU-6000, more than half of the Atmega2560 processing capacity is free for new advanced features.

Native USB, with all new PPM encoder software

New SensorsThe new board features new sensors such as the MPU-6000, which integrates a digital motion processor which takes care of sensor fution, this frees up about 40% of the processing power on the main Ardupilot Mega ATmega 2560 processor.The Barometric pressure sensor has also been updated to the MEAS MS5011 which has a greater resolution of 10cm, A comparison can been seen in the image to the left.

This will give much better altitude hold capability for your Arducopter UAV.

Other features include a Micro SD card with dataflash, integrated daughter board with GPS, and Compass, more I/O